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ESTERVILLE, Iowa USA

The blue-black fusion crust is very important in the identification of these meteorites and often gives clues as to the type of material within. The softer, grainy stone material melted out faster and left a different fusion crust than the harder iron. An old Harvard end-piece specimen with great fusion crust 818g.